Sensitivity studies of developing convection in a cloud-resolving model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 615, 2006, Pages 345-358

  Petch, Jon C ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Diurnal Cycle; Resolution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BENCHMARK SIMULATION; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELS; DIMENSIONALITY; NUMERICAL WEATHER-PREDICTION MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION;

EID: 33645532810     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.71     Document Type: Article

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